2 Chronicles 28:2

and was as sinful as the kings of Israel had been. He made idols of the god Baal.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim.

In Context

1Ahaz was 20 years old when he became the king of Judah. He ruled from Jerusalem for 16 years. His ancestor King David was a good king, but Ahaz was not like David. He constantly disobeyed Yahweh

3He burned incense in Hinnom Valley. He even killed some of his own sons and offered them as sacrifices to be completely burned. That imitated the disgusting customs of the people-groups who previously lived there, people whom Yahweh had expelled as the Israelis advanced through the land.

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Cross References

Leviticus 19:4‘Do not worship idols or make metal statues of gods for yourselves. I am Yahweh, your God, and I am the only one you must worship.

2 Kings 10:26and they carried out the sacred pillar of Baal that was there, and they burned it.

2 Chronicles 22:3King Ahaziah conducted his life just like the members of Ahab’s family had done, because his mother encouraged him to do things that are evil.

Isaiah 2:8But the land is also full of idols; the people worship things that they have made with their own hands.

Hosea 2:13I will punish my people for all the times that they burned incense to honor the idols of Baal. They decorated themselves with rings and jewelry, and they went to worship those false gods/idols that they thought [IRO] loved them, but they abandoned/forgot me! That is what I, Yahweh, say.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 28:2-6

The Wickedness of Ahaz. ( b. c. 738.) 1 Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the Lord , like David his father: 2 For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. 3 Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord had cast out before the children of Israel. 4 He… Read the whole commentary →

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